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B S PORTS Section B High School Sports Roundup Wednesday, September 6, 2017 South Lane County Sports and Recreation Contact Sports, 942-3325 or e-mail zilva@cgsentinel.com Lions shine on the road in opener A look back at the busy week in sports By Zach Silva Cottage Grove Volleyball: The season got underway last Tuesday against Creswell. The Bulldogs won the fi rst two sets before the Lions took the third. The fourth game was close but the Bulldogs went on a 12-5 run to win the fourth game and thus the match. “I think we played well,” said head coach Kendra Ander- son. “We take a lot [from a fi rst match] because we can fi ne tune stuff we need and we can alter stuff that we need to fi x. It’s a great opportunity.” The Lions then fell 1-3 on Thursday to Marshfi eld. Cottage Grove Boys and Girls Soccer: Because of the smoke from the wild fi res, both teams has games cancelled on Tuesday. Both teams were in action on Thursday for their fi rst games of the season. The boys had a 0-0 draw at home against Philomath and the girls team fell 0-10 on the road at Philomath. Cottage Grove Boys and Girls Cross-Country: The teams travelled to the Ul- timook Race Nike Invitational this weekend. On the boys side, Konrad Raum, Jimmy Talley and Paesen Timm fi nished 20th, 21st and 23rd respectively to help lead the varsity side to a 7th place fi nish out of 22 teams between the 1A and 4A classifi - cation. For the girls, Stella So- botkova fi nished in 47th place and the team fi nished 12th of 14 teams. North Douglas Football: The team began their season last Thursday on the road at Powers where they won 32-20. On the offensive side, the team was led by quarterback Brandon Rundell who was 6/9 with 96 yards passing and a touchdown alongside two rushing touch- downs. Gerardo Alcantar had 11 carries for 128 yards and a 75 yard kick return for a touch- down. North Douglas and Elkton Vol- leyball: After going 6-3 in the 1A Sea- son Preview at Country Chris- tian two weekends ago, the War- riors beat Elkton on the road last Thursday 3-0. Elkton is now 3-1 on the year. Yoncalla and Elkton Football: Elkton hosted Yoncalla last Friday where the Elks prevailed 28-22. Yoncalla Volleyball: The Eagles won on the road at Mohawk 3-0 last Tuesday and fell 1-3 at Umpqua Valley Chris- tian/Melrose Christian. Cottage Grove's Juice Clafl inn runs in for one of his two touchdowns on the road at North Marion High School on Friday night. By Zach Silva zsilva@cgsentinel.com A season after taking second place in the state, the Cottage Grove football team began their foray into the season on the road at North Marion. And while it is diffi cult and dangerous to fall into the trap of judging a team based off of one performance, the Lions 56-0 drubbing of the Huskies seemed to be an indicator that this team will pose a problem for the future teams they face. “We still need to make improvements but we’re back on the trail again and we’re going to keep it going,” said senior running back Juice Clafl in. “I think we just pick up the little things and make it back there.” On the Lions fi rst drive of the game they were stopped after they went for it on fourth down but then came time for the defense to shine. Cottage Grove set the tone with a sack on the fi rst play which was then followed up by an interception by Jacob Woods. Three plays later, Woods was on the receiving end of a pass from quarterback Dylan Graves that led to a 76 yard score to put the Lions on the board. “This is a really good start for our season,” Woods said after the game. “I think we fl ew around really fast and we were doing all we need to do. But like I said, we still have stuff we need to work on but if we keep executing we can get to where we want to be.” The Lions defense then forced the Huskies to a three-and-out but on the next possession Graves threw his only interception of the day. After the Lions de- fense forced another three-and-out, it was the offense’s turn to take over. It started with the Lions deciding to go for it on 4th and two from the Huskies 45 yard line. Graves dropped back and found receiver Hayden Glenn who was untouched on his way to the end zone. After re- covering a fumble, the Lions were off again and two plays into the second quarter Clafl in made his way into the end zone on a one yard run that was set up the play before by a 14-yard carry from Chad Bottorff. After a broken play on the point after touchdown led to a touchdown the Lions were then up 22-0. On the next drive, the Huskies began to show signs of life as they got their fi rst fi rst-downs of the game. Their drive was stalled after they were unsuccessful when they went for it on fourth down. This gave the Lions the ball on their own 41 and after a delay of game and a short reception by Glenn, the Lions then struck. Graves threw a backwards pass to wide receiv- er Erick Giffen’s. It looked like it was an arrant pass that was going to lose the Lions yards but instead Giff- en’s then found a wide open Glenn downfi eld for a 60 yard score. Glenn fi nished the game with fi ve catches for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Up 29-0 with still 8:00 minutes left in the second The team poses for a picture in celebration after their 56-0 win. Athletes of the Week quarter, CGHS continued to control the game from both sides of the ball. Marcus Julien’s interception set up the Lions for a score as Graves ran into the end zone from a yard out to put the lions up 36-0 with still over 5:00 minutes left in the fi rst half. After forcing another punt, the Lions quickly found Clafl in on a screen play that freed him up for a 59-yard touchdown to put the lions up 43-0 with 2:14 left in the half. The halftime whistle sounded and the Lions were up big. Halfway through the third quarter Bottorff rushed in for a touchdown to put the Lions up 49-0 which then started a running clock for the remainder of the game because their lead was over 45 points. The Li- ons defense continued to shine and a late David Cox touchdown gave the Lions a 56-0 fi nal score. “It’s the fi rst game, I know there’s going to be some mistakes and things like that but we are healthy and that’s probably the most important thing,” said head coach Gary Roberts. “We just have to continue to build and to put the time in and continue to play with confi dence and we’ll get there; we’ll keep working.” The Lions have their home opener on Friday night where they will host the Madras White Buffaloes. The White Buffaloes lost their fi rst game last week 21-26 at The Dalles. Madras has gone two seasons in a row (2015 and 2016) without winning a game. Their last win, and only win of the 2014 season, was when they defeated Stayton 13-12 on September 19, 2014. Cottage Grove's David Cox is dragged down by two Huskies defenders late in the game. This week's athletes of the week were the runners of the CGHS cross-country team. On Saturday they raced at the Ultimook Race Nike Invitational at Hydrangea Ranch. The course features a mud pit and two river crossings that the racers run through. JOIN US SEPTEMBER 9TH CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT #1 Event Classes: 360 Sprints, Late Models, Street Stocks, Quality RV Repair Hornets CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK zsilva@cgsentinel.com
